Product category: Lasers
News Release from: Bookham
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 March 2003
Multisource agreement for tunable lasers
Iolon, Intel, Bookham Technology and Santur have joined forces to form a multisource agreement for tunable lasers
Iolon, Intel, Bookham Technology and Santur have joined forces toform a multisource agreement (MSA) for tunable lasers. The MSA isbased on the Optical Internetworking Forum's (OIF) tunablelaser implementation agreement (IA) that was published inNovember 2002. The OIF IA is supported by more than 20 companies,including system vendors, component manufacturers and chipvendors.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 March 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The MSA gives system vendors increased flexibility byenabling them to source components from more than one tunablelaser manufacturer.
It also allows companies to streamlineproduct designs by setting standards for functionality, size andoptical performance, resulting in faster time to market fortunable laser products and solutions.
'The OIFimplementation agreement was an industry milestone in terms ofuniting companies involved in different parts of tunable devicedevelopment, from chip manufacturers to system vendors',said Saeid Aramideh, Vice President of Product Management atIolon.
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'This MSA takes the implementation agreement to thenext level.
It moves the entire industry one step forward towardsfully compatible tunable laser modules, and ultimately tunableintegrated assemblies and tunable transponders'.
'Theformation of this MSA signifies a major shift toward uniting theentire industry around advancing the OIF implementationagreement', said Gary Wiseman, Director of Marketing,Optical Platforms Division, Intel Corp.
'This benefits boththe companies working on tunable laser technology, but also thecarriers and equipment OEMs who will implement DWDM solutions inthe near future'.
'We support the advancement oftunable laser technology in the market and see this multisourceagreement as an important step towards achieving wide acceptanceof tunability by customers', said Steve Turley, ChiefCommercial Officer for Bookham.
'The MSA builds on the OIFimplementation agreement and will lead the way for integratedtunable laser component developments in the future'.'Our MSA coalition builds on the foundation that was set bythe OIF implementation agreement late last year.
It gives systemvendors the capability to work with various sources, which willhelp drive the implementation of next-generation tunablenetworks', said Bardia Pezeshki, Chief Technology Officer atSantur Corp.
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